Ealph thompson



(No Model.)

B. THOMPSON.

COMBINED PENCIL AND SOISSORS HOLDER. No. 328,866.

Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

. their respective holders.

UNITED STATES- PATEN OFFICE.

RALPH THOMl SoN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HUGO A.WINEMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED PENCIL AN SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.328,866, dated October 20,1885.

Application filed April '29, 1885. Serial No. 163,840. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH THOMPSON, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne.and State of Michigan, have invented new'and useful Improvements inaOoinbined Pencil and Scissors Holder; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and novel improvements in devicesdesigned to be pinned or otherwise secured to wearing-apparel for thepurpose of holding a pencil and scissors. This device will be foundespecially nsefulby clerks in dry-goods establishments, where the penciland scissors are frequently used, and the clerk, if a man, carries apencil and scissors in his pocket, from which they are liable to dropout and be lost, while, if a lady, the pencil is generally stuck in herhair and the scissors hung from a long tape attached to the waist.

It is the object of this invention to provide a device that can readilybe attached to the dress or coat and into which the pencil and scissorscan be inserted and held against accidental displacement.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the holder, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is an elevation of my improved device, showing a pencil andscissors inserted in Fig. 2 is a crosssection on line :0 00, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a plan of the plate from which the device is made.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a plate, of suitable sheet metal, stamped out insubstantially the form shown. One end (the 40 right-hand end in thedrawings) is bent over and formed into a socket, B, for the reception ofthe scissors, While the opposite end is bent circular, forming areceptacle to receive a pencil, and the overlapping ends are securedtogether and to the body of the plate A by a suitable rivet, a. Thatportion of the plate that forms the front walls of the pencil andscissor-receptacles is provided with down wardly-projecting arms I), theends of which are bent inwardly or toward the body of the plate so as tocontract the openings at the bottoms of the receptacles and prevent thepencil or scissors from falling through. A suitable safety pin or pins,0, should be secured to the back of the plate, by means of which thedevice can readily be attached to the coat or dress.

WVhat I claim as my invention isl. A combined pencil and scissors holderformed from a single blank of metal bent to bring both ends into contactwith the body, and both ends secured to the body by a single rivet, asset forth.

2. A combined pencil and scissors holder comprising a single piece ofmetal cut to provide spring-fingers bent to throw the ends past eachother and both ends secured to the body by a single rivet, as set forth.

3. The pencil and scissors holder described, consisting of the singlepiece of metal cut to form a curved blank with spring-fingers b, andbent and secured by a single rivet to form tapering receptacles, as setforth.

RALPH THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHARLES J. HUNT.

